The following medals were awarded in swimming at the 2008 Olympic Games

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50M FREESTYLE

Gold – Cesar Cielo Filho (Brazil)

Silver – Amaury Leveaux (France)

Bronze – Alain Bernard (France)

100M FREESTYLE

Gold – Alain Bernard (France)

Silver – Eamon Sullivan (Australia)

Bronze – Jason Lezak (U.S.)

100M BACKSTROKE

Gold – Aaron Peirsol (U.S.)

Silver – Matthew Grevers (U.S.)

Bronze – Arkady Vyatchanin (Russia)

100M BUTTERFLY

Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)

Silver – Milorad Cavic (Serbia)

Bronze – Andrew Lauterstein (Australia)

100M BREASTSTROKE

Gold – Kosuke Kitajima (Japan)

Silver – Alexander Dale Oen (Norway)

Bronze – Hugues Duboscq (France)

200M FREESTYLE

Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)

Silver – Park Tae-hwan (South Korea)

Bronze – Peter Vanderkaay (U.S.)

200M BACKSTROKE

Gold – Ryan Lochte (U.S.)

Silver – Aaron Peirsol (U.S.)

Bronze – Arkady Vyatchanin (Russia)

200M BUTTERFLY

Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)

Silver – Laszlo Cseh (Hungary)

Bronze – Takeshi Matsuda (Japan)

200M BREASTSTROKE

Gold – Kosuke Kitajima (Japan)

Silver – Brenton Rickard (Australia)

Bronze – Hugues Duboscq (France)

200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)

Silver – Laszlo Cseh (Hungary)

Bronze – Ryan Lochte (U.S.)

400M FREESTYLE

Gold – Park Tae-hawn (South Korea)

Silver – Zhang Lin (China)

Bronze – Larsen Jensen (U.S.)

400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)

Silver – Lazslo Cseh (Hungary)

Bronze – Ryan Lochte (U.S.)

1,500 FREESTYLE

Gold – Oussama Mellouli (Tunisia)

Silver – Grant Hackett (Australia)

Bronze – Ryan Cochrane (Canada)

4X100 FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold – U.S.

Silver – France

Bronze – Australia

4X200 FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold – U.S.

Silver – Russia

Bronze – Australia

4×100 MEDLEY RELAY

Gold – U.S.

Silver – Australia

Bronze – Japan

10KM FREESTYLE

Gold – Maarten van der Weijden (Netherlands)

Silver – David Davies (Britain)

Bronze – Thomas Lurz (Germany)

WOMEN

50M FREESTYLE

Gold – Britta Steffen (Germany)

Silver – Dara Torres (U.S.)

Bronze – Cate Campbell (Australia)

100M FREESTYLE

Gold – Britta Steffen (Germany)

Silver – Libby Trickett (Australia)

Bronze – Natalie Coughlin (U.S.)

100M BACKSTROKE

Gold – Natalie Coughlin (U.S.)

Silver – Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)

Bronze – Margaret Hoelzer (U.S.)

100 BREASTSROKE

Gold – Leisel Jones (Australia)

Silver – Rebecca Soni (U.S.)

Bronze – Mirna Jukic (Austria)

100M BUTTERFLY

Gold – Libby Trickett (Australia)

Silver – Christine Magnuson (U.S.)

Bronze – Jessicah Schipper (Australia)

200M FREESTYLE

Gold – Federica Pellegrini (Italy)

Silver – Sara Isakovic (Slovenia)

Bronze – Pang Jiaying (China)

200M BACKSTROKE

Gold – Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)

Silver – Margaret Hoelzer (U.S.)

Bronze – Reiko Nakamura (Japan)

200M BUTTERFLY

Gold – Liu Zige (China)

Silver – Jiao Liuyang (China)

Bronze – Jessicah Schipper (Australia)

200M BREASTSTROKE

Gold – Rebecca Soni (U.S.)

Silver – Leisel Jones (Australia)

Bronze – Sara Nordenstam (Norway)

200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold – Stephanie Rice (Australia)

Silver – Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)

Bronze – Natalie Coughlin (U.S.)

400M FREESYTLE

Gold – Rebecca Adlington (Britain)

Silver – Katie Hoff (U.S.)

Bronze – Joanne Jackson (Britain)

400M INDVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold – Stephanie Rice (Australia)

Silver – Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)

Bronze – Katie Hoff (U.S.)

WOMEN’S 800M FREESTYLE

Gold – Rebecca Adlington (Britain)

Silver – Alessia Filippi (Italy)

Bronze – Lotte Friis (Denmark)

4X100 FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold – Netherlands

Silver – U.S.

Bronze – Australia

4X200M FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold – Australia

Silver – China

Bronze – U.S.

4×100 MEDLEY RELAY

Gold – Australia

Silver – U.S.

Bronze – China

10KM FREESTYLE

Gold – Larisa Ilchenko (Russia)

Silver – Keri-Anne Payne (Britain)

Bronze – Cassandra Patten (Britain)

(Compiled by Padraic Halpin, Editing by Lars Janssen)

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